Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-22
THE CONSTITUTION.

/ THE CONSTITUTION.
It's Centennial Celebration Auspiciously
Begun in the City of Its PRONUNCIATION
One of the Most Imposing Pageants Ever
Witnessed on the Continent, Witnessed by
Hundreds of Thousands of Residents o.
and Visitors to the Beautifully Decorated
City of Brotherly Love.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.-To-day, the
day fixed for the opening of the cele.
bration of Constitutional Centennial
dawned bright and clear after week OF
fog, rain and threatening weather. The
streets were crowded at an early hour
with the hundreds of thousands of guests
| who have come to participate in or wit
| ness the ceremonies attending the celebra-
ton. Visitors, military and firemen, have
been pouring in all day. The railroads
have been taxed to their utmost in accom-
dating the crowds which are focking into
| the city. Every hotel is filled to over
| flowing, and some of the guests spent last
night as best they could in improvised
! beds. Every inch of space was filled with
| cots and other means of temporary rest to
| accommodate the overflow. The lowest
| calculation places the number of visitors
! at two hundred thousand. Nearly every
| State and Territory is represented. The
buildings of the city, both public and pri-
vate, are profusely decorated with flags
and bunting, and the city presents gala
! appearance.
North Broad street was almost impass-
| able, SO dense was the crowd that had
| gathered in that thoroughfare as early as
seven O'Clock, and the efforts of the police
to keep a passage clear were almost fu-
tile. This magnificent thoroughfare had
| been transformed into an immense ampi-
| theater by the combined efforts of the car
penters and decorators who had been
busily engaged throughout the night
| erecting and decorating stands on both
| sides of the street. There was
| hardly house along the whole
street that was not decorated with flags
and bunting. Many buildings displayed
| heroic statues of Columbia surrounded by
| flags of all nations. Odd Fellows Hall
had a banner across its front with the ill.,
! scription: "Spot Where Franklin Drew
! Lightning from the Clouds in 1852" Busts
of Washington were mounted in front Of
some houses, decorated with the National
! emblem. The crush on some of the stands
t was SO great that several women tainted.
Three triumphal arches span Broadway
and Chestnut street. The principal one is
| erected in front Of the Lafayette Hotel,
almost opposite the main reviewing stand,
p! which will be occupied by the President
and his party on their arrival. The other
two arches are about thirty-five feet high.
On the summit of one are busts of Wash
ington, Lincoln, Grant and Cleveland.
The decorations that attract more than
passing interest are those on the buildings
of the Young Mems Democratic Associa-
ton, the Adams Express Company, the
Lafayette Hotel, the Union League, the
Catholic Club, the ST. George Hotel and
the newly organized Art Club.
The scene at the grand stand opposite
, the Union League club house on Broad
street was beautiful one. The stands on
the other side of the street were filled
with people, and the gay colors worn by
the ladies and children lent additional
beauty to the scene.
At 1925 a. m. = telegram flashed over
the temporary telegraph line constructed
along the route Ct the procession an
nouncing that the parade had started.
just at that moment Governor Beaver
rode by in his carriage and was heartily
cheered.
About eleven O'Clock the distinguished
guests, the Governors, foreign ministers
and others, began to pour into their as
signed places. As the different Governors
in passing to their places were recognized
they were heartily applauded. The Con-
StIGuGiOAdi SoHb6uuful kOulUllSSlOu WAS
officially represented by Hon. John A.
Kasson, president; Hon. Amos A. Little,
chairman of the executive COMMITTEES;
Hampton L. Carson, secretary; F. c. G.
Brewster, Jr., corresponding secretary,
and Assistant Secretary Black, who occu-
pied seats on the front of the grand stand.
Section A, the Centennial portion of the
stand, was reserved for the Governors of
! the States with their stats. Among the
Governors present were: Sawyer of New
Hampshire, Biggs of Delaware, Green of
Jersey, Larrabee of Iowa, Gordon Of
Georgia, Beaver of Pennsylvania, Hughes
of Arkansas, Louisbury of Connecticut,
Buckner of Kentucky. Thayer of Nebras-
ka, Pennoyer of Oregon, Richardson of
South Carolina, Wilson of West Virginia,
Scales of North Carolina, Foraker of
Ohio and Lee of Virginia. On this
stand were also Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress. and thirty-three
Commissioners from the various States
and Territories, the diplomatic corps, the
foreign Consuls and invited guests.
Section B was occupied by the distin
guished visitors, representing the various
religious denominations and political
parties.
There were three sections in the grand
stand, the estimated seating capacity Of
which was four thousand.
Two tiers of boxes have been erected in
front of the Bellevue Hotel directly OPP
posite the stand. These are beautifully
decorated.
The civic and industrial parade. illus
trating the advancement of industrial
arts and sciences during the century,
eclipsed any thing Of the kind ever known.
Floats to the number If three hundred,
each bearing representation of:some par
ticular branch of industry, were in line,
together with one hundred and fifty bands
of music. twelve thousand men and three
thousand horses.
The men in line We'd with each other in
presenting handsome appearance. The
uniforms were all new and the marching
itself was marvel of excellence. When
the colored hod-carriers' union passed
struck up "Hail to the Chief" and were
roundly CLEARED by the crowd. Governor
Beaver bowed his acknowledgment OF the
compliment from his colored friends.
An idea of the enormous proportions OF the
industrial parade may be gained from the
fact that at half past two O'Clock seven OF
the twenty -three divisions had passed the
reviewing stand, and by the time the
seventh division had passed southwark
the head of the column had arrived on
their countermarch, having travelled
twenty-three squares.
How They Think.
New YORK, Sept. 15.-The Hortd's rep
resentative at the Saratoga convention
yesterday obtained the sentiments OF
nearly four hundred delegates as to the
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